Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-04
bio in her lower limbs. but retnlned full

possession Of her faculties. Savage pho
;ographed her when she was 100 years
and Is days old Father Wilding lived
to be lO2 He walked down town every
week to be shaved, and could get
around on his feet in quite lively
manner Both died during the last
twelve months.
AT Ogden several local old people JOIN
ed the throng. There were two or three
couples over 90 from the junction city.
Only thirty or forty of the octogena-
rians were so feeble that they had to be
assisted. and only two were blind.
! Fifty young folks had been provided
with tickets, and were supposed to
look after the feeble few weak and
faded old gents had to be carried into
and out of the cars, but the rule was
that the older the subject the greater
was his or her amblt on to appear as
youthful as the youngest in the party.
They promenaded the park, listened TO
the music, danced, ate cake and drank
wine, and received new vigor and fresh
nees from the days sport. Several
hundred dollars worth of presents were
distributed, and James Burgon, of
Union Fort. at the south end Of Salt
Lake City. took the prize for being the
oldest person present He is 50. and
expects to live ten or twenty years
longer The presents always consists
Of silk handkerchiefs, walking sticks.
rock NJ chairs blankets, and art cles
of this description, together with mon
ely. NJ Burgon received the finest pair
OF blankets ever woven in Utah. Every
body over 50 gets a walking stick. aud
the old ladies have the days OF their
bellehood recalled by gifts of handsome
dress patterns.
There are probably one hundred
more individuals in this vicinity who
are over So years of age. Mss rafts.
who is SO, is not mentioned ne Their is
Miss Sarah Whitney, who S 81, and
still speaks three languages. plays the
piano, and retains others Of her girlsh
accompl shmcnts. There are many too
feeble to get out who did not partici-
pate in the Ogden excursion. Then.
too, there are large numbers in exceed
ingly good circumstances who do not
mngle with the common herd of octo-
genar ans. Some OF the abest Nor
mons are in their eighties. There is
Judge FL as Smith, born in 1904 who
would still be on the bench if the Ed
munds polygamy act had not disfran-
ch sd him and made him ineligible TO
hold office. He was appointed ch eff
justice of Salt Lake county by Brigham
Young when the state OF Deseret was
formed, and he held that until /
1882. A chief justceship in this /
connection amounts to about the
same thing as a county judgeship. In
the Descret scheme of government
every county had a chief justice, who
sat with two associate justices, Judge
Smith is now 3d. but he hobbies around. (
and can draw up brief or make an
argument as well to-day as the brightest
Young member of the bar. Erastus
Snow, one of the twelve apostles, is in
his SEVENTEEN year, and has been UNI
derground for some I me. He had a
narrow escape from the deputy mar
,hals in February last, of which | shall /.
write later Henry Grow, in his /.
seventy-frst year, is serving six
months term in the peuitentiary for
unlawful cohabitation. He has several I.
wives, Joseph c. Kingsbury, of the
tith,ng Office, is in his eighty-hrst year.
And so on enumerating and naming
these old codgers, but it would make q
list almost rs large as a city directory
so | VIII stop and merely say that
polygamy. tithe paying and revelation
seem TO be conducive to longevity, at
least in Salt Lake valley. | must men,
ton. however. that one of the greatest
business men of the country. Horace b.
Eldredge, who is mt the head of the CO.
or. rs the T. c. NJ. L., which does
business of IS 600, 00O to $1,000. 600
year. is Il. and Wiltred Woodruff f.
president OF the twelve apostles, who,
if precedent is followed will be chosen
as John Taylor's successor TO the first
pres dency Of the Mormon church, i,
81. and one Of the most successful un-
He has SIX or seven
wives, aud the United States marshal
has been after him for two years.
was so close to him the other day that /
the ink with VIII ch he had written his /
signature was not yet dry, but that sup /
pose is as near as the United States mar
shall or any of his deputies VIII ever get
to him.
A Fair Ornithologist.